Between 1957 and 1970 Cheoy Lee produced approximatley 133 folkboats originaly sold as the the Offshore 25, better known as the Frisco Flyer.

There were three versions of this small blue-water boat. 91 in all wood and 42 in Fiberglass with wood. There were 55 Type I's and II's and 78 of the Type III's. The Type I (aka the Pacific Clipper) was an all wood boat, had a mast that was stepped through the deck, a traditional folkboat fractional rig and a smaller cabin. The Type II's had a larger teak trunk cabin and a masthead rig. The Type III's had a larger teak dog-house cabin, some "standing" headroom and a masthead rig stepped on deck. The earlier Type III's were solid teak built onto a fiberglass hull and the later Type III’s (1966-1970) were made entirely out of fiberglass with teak paneling.

This boat, Yard # 1507 is one of approximatley only 30 Type III's left. It was out of the water for the previous 16 years when I got it and then about another 5 more while I rebuilt it. It was an empty, cracked hull when given to me and needed a complete restoration/refit. It took about five years of long nights and weekends of working outside under a tarp, in the garage or in the boat during cold winter nights, wet rainy afternoons and everything in between. The occasionally eager assistant on the project was my four (now ten) year old daughter who can have this boat as soon as I convince her mother to get another one. This blog is the record of all the work that "we" have done to the boat as well as some other somewhat related events with friends and family. Eventually, this will be put together in a book which will stay with the boat.

She still has plenty more to go but for now, Jackaroe has been in the water for a couple years now and thats all that matters...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Cockpit, coaming, ant food....

I sanded/prepped the cockpit area and now it’s almost ready for varnish. There is still a small nick in the coaming that needs to be repaired. It looks like someone may have accidently cut it with their skill saw when removing the old deck??


This whole area brightened up nicely with a little attention, but because the wood has been exposed for so long, that even after some cleaning and sanding there are still a couple areas with grooves/pits in the grain. But I can live with it. The coaming, like a lot of this boat was poorly painted and or epoxied and then left to weather…so, if the nicest I can get it (without sanding it to death, or rebuilding the coaming) is with a little raised or pitted grain… then I’ll take it.

It’ll still look great under 8 coats of varnish.

All that fresh raw wood and sawdust seemed to call every carpenter ant in the area to come and investigate overnight. I went out to the boat the next day and found a swarm of them sniffing around under the tarp. After the purchase of some not so friendly bug products, I struck a deal with them, they don’t chew on my boat and I don’t kill them.

After sanding and prepping the cockpit area, I removed the seats, hatch, motor and stuffing box covers and prepped them too. A little teak cleaner and light sanding made them look 10 years younger. I plan on varnishing just the edges of the seats and leaving the center to weather again for a nice non slip surface.
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